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Bill: Food Deregulation
Details
Status[?]: passed
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: January 3400
Description[?]:
Let the free market decide which food producers are the most efficient and healthy for the consumer. The people will tend to avoid purchasing products which are toxic because of their own instinctual desire for self-preservation and thus food safety will be self-regulated by market mechanisms without the need for government taxes imposed on the people to pay for an overbearing, wasteful regulatory bureaucracy.. |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change Food safety policy.
Old value:: Local governments determine food safety standards.
Current: The government introduces, and actively enforces, food standards provisions.
Proposed: There are no food standards provisions.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Licensing of food sales.
Old value:: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Current: Food may be sold by licensed vendors only, and shelf lives of foods are enforced.
Proposed: The sale of food is unregulated.
Debate
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Vote | Seats | ||
yes |
Total Seats: 124 | ||
no | Total Seats: 0 | ||
abstain | Total Seats: 306 |
Random fact: Bill descriptions must be in English, or at least include a full English translation. Bill titles may appear in a language that is appropriate to the nation and are not required to be translated into English. |
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